德国斯图加特国际质量控制及仪器仪表展览会（Control）是国际上最专业的质量控制及仪器仪表贸易展览会， 是由 P .E.Schall 展会企业有限公司发起和赞助的，创立于 1987 年，每年举办一届，在德国的著名展览城市斯图加特展出，展期为四天。 Control 是世界上第一流的质量保证，质量监督专业展览会。 Control是以其展览规模全球最大，展品种类丰富，展品水平引领世界，参观专业客商档次最高而闻名于世的。它是国际质量保证行业的窗口，是国际质量监督，质量保证市场的缩影，是中国质量监督企业通往世界的最佳市场平台。
作为世界领先的质量保证贸易展览会，每年在斯图加特举办的质量控制会议汇集了来自世界各地的用户，与国际市场领导者和所有质量保证相关技术，产品，子系统和完整的硬件和软件解决方案。Control拥有来自全球32个国家的900多家参展商，“Control”是所有以一流品质为基础的领头企业。在很早的阶段，专家访问者就了解未来的生产和测试工程领域。在这方面，Control依赖于研发与行业用户之间的知识和技术的转移。
为了尽可能最好地实现这一目标，Control与该行业的先驱机构密切合作。包括Fraunhofer-Allianz Vision，Fraunhofer IPA，欧洲机器视觉协会和德国质量协会（德国质量协会）。专题展览，主题公园和专家介绍，为游客提供了集中的专业知识，从而为用户带来直接增值。
“如果质量和生产力在任何时候都不会持续改善，它会给所有的竞争对手带来超越的机会”，Bettina Schall作为Control组织者总结了质量保证的重要性。所以，控制系统逐年向世界提供了世界级的专家。理想与实践的最佳组合与前瞻性支持事件相结合。
展品范围(Show Products):
质量控制系统产品：程序控制系统，智能化质量控制系统，自动系统，质量控制数据处理，鉴定系统，质量管理系统，环境管理系统，内窥镜产品，感应器，光纤技术测试产品，工业图像分析及处理系统，光电子测量系统；
破坏性（有损）检测仪器及设备：测试张力、扭转力、压力、弯曲度、阻力的仪器，非破坏性（无损）测试仪器，材料测试仪器、三坐标测量机、辅业有花岗石精密量仪、电子水平仪；
度量衡、测量及测试仪器及设备：测量设备，测量仪，测量机器人，机械测量仪器，测量系统、零部件和附件，电脑数控仪器，直线、角度测量仪器，厚度测量仪器、里氏硬度仪，流量计、湿度计，电子数显卡尺、防水数显卡尺、特殊目的测量及测试设备，测试设备、零部件，电阻式仪表，刀具预调测量仪，其他物理数据测试仪器，电流表，电压表；
分析仪器产品：水、空气、气体和材料分析系统产品和部件。
展会报告(Show Reports):
The 35th Control international trade fair for quality assurance was a huge success. 589 exhibitors from 32 countries presented cutting-edge technologies from the fields of vision technology, image processing and sensor technology, as well as measuring and test technology, from the 9th through the 12th of May, 2023. Packed exhibition halls from the very first day, a world-class supplementary programme and fantastic feedback from expert visitors ensured a user-oriented exchange of ideas and a high-spirited mood.
“What a great week at this year’s Control trade fair!” This was the verdict of exhibitors and expert visitors across the board, including the Umati Community, an association of machinery and system manufacturers supported by the VDW and the VDMA dealing with the issue of the Universal Machine Technology Interface. “As the trade fair organisers, we certainly agree with this concise conclusion,” emphasises Control project manager Fabian Krüger from trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “Control 2023 was inspiring right from the very first day, and the trade fair week was a huge success. We experienced four full exhibition halls with impressive solutions for quality assurance (QA) and saw lots of trailblazing new solutions. From the very first hour, brisk activity and a fantastic mood prevailed,” says the project manager. “On 42,000 square metres of exhibition floor space, 589 exhibitors from 32 countries demonstrated that quality assurance is on the direct path to the future.”
Globally Unique Industry Meet for QA Professionals
It’s plainly evident that the significance and innovative power of QA is increasing in production environments. Exhibitors and expert visitors have once again confirmed the special importance of Control as a globally leading trade fair for the manufacturing industries this year. The large proportion of exhibitors from outside of Germany (34.5%) confirmed the customarily high levels of internationalism at the industry highlight, and substantiated the unique status of this outstanding, global business meeting place covering all aspects of QA. “Where quality assurance is concerned, Control is one of our leading trade fairs throughout all of Europe,” confirms Stefan Hug from Faro Europe, responsible for sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The company’s mobile 3D measuring technology for product measurement met with great interest. Dr Harald Wuest, Co-Founder and CEO of Visometry also confirmed “lots of interesting contacts and very high levels of interest on the part of the expert visitors”. In all of the exhibition halls and at all of the booths, it was once again apparent this year that Control is taken advantage of as an ideal opportunity for the adequate presentation of the latest developments for industrial and non-industrial quality assurance and quality inspection – at the highest professional and technological levels, in a practice-oriented, user-focused manner and in a pleasant working atmosphere.
Automation and Visualisation Cleary on the Rise
“We’ve seen significant increases in all segments and above all impressive visualisations,” stresses project manager Krüger. “Thanks to improved image processing systems and new analysis software, the inspection of parts and other objects is performed in accordance with the latest standards. Eye-catchers also included numerous robots that provide automated support for test sequences. The discussion surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has never been as intense as it was this year,” noted Krüger, “and its benefits for practical use, for example in inspection and quality testing, were demonstrated and made transparent in many ways.”
21,310 expert visitors experienced currently trending, driving issues for the QA industry at Control 2023 – automation, end-to-end digitalisation, modern software, inline inspection processes and AI-supported systems – viewed first-hand in practical applications. Software used in measuring systems is playing an increasingly important role, as are web and cloud technologies. Inline test technology is also a major issue which is being pursued continuously. It saves time and resources, but it also presents new challenges. This is also confirmed by Wolfgang Zeller, managing director of Mitutoyo Germany: “Measurements are performed to an ever-greater extent outside of the laboratory, directly on the shop floor. Demands placed on measuring machines are increasing as a result.”
Trade Fair Highlight with Outstanding Atmosphere
Control 2023 did more than just link the virtual world in production to the real world, it also brought together suppliers with users, exhibitors with expert visitors, and manufacturers with customers and partners. “As a leading trade fair, Control was a complete success for us again this year,” confirmed Kai Bartel, head of measuring technology at Klingelnberg. Uwe J. Keller, chief marketing officer at Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik, also described Control as “the trade fair highlight of the year for us”. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Christoph, managing director of Werth Messtechnik, was more than satisfied with Control 2023 as well. “The trade fair is really outstanding!” He expressly praised event organisation and emphasised the lively interest demonstrated by the expert visitors. He’s already looking forward to Control 2024 and to further development of the current trend.
“It’s not without good reason that Control, as an international trade fair with leading global character, is one of the most important dates of the year for many companies,” observes Bettina Schall, managing director of trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “The uniquely brisk trade fair action, the tremendous interest in the world-class supplementary events and the great number of satisfied voices were once again proof that this is where concentrated QA expertise came together in 2023. Control gets to the heart of the issues and challenges of the market – cost-effectiveness, quality, safety, resource conservation, efficiency and future viability. This trade fair plays an exceptional role in tackling these tasks. We’re quite pleased with this and sincerely thank all exhibitors, visitors and participants for their commitment!”
After Control is before Control: the international QA sector has long since entered the dates of the next exchange of ideas amongst the experts in its calendar. Many exhibitors, both national and international, booked their booth floor space for 2024 already during Control 2023 in order to present the further development of future-oriented concepts to the interested public, also increasingly from abroad, at the 36th Control international trade fair for quality assurance in Stuttgart from the 23rd through the 26th of April, 2024.
